Olympics

If you mean what is the prize awarded for coming first in the Olympic games, this would be the gold medal.

The medals awarded in each event are:

Gold - first

Silver - second

Bronze - third In the ancient Olympics, winners were awarded a branch of wild olive. Sometimes the government would allow an Olympic champion to live in a special building that was only for distinguished citizens. Other winners would be exempt from paying taxes for winning an event in the ancient Olympics.

jesse owens was the first black american athlete to win four consecutive gold medals at the olympics and do a black salute instead of the normal nazi salute at the time. He recieved no reward for this and was forgotten in society

Throughout their Olympic history beginning in 1968, Paraguay has been awarded one Olympic medal: the silver in men's football at the 2004 Athens Games.

no wait theyy won 1000 and 2 silver medals!

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There are over 13,000 athletes that compete at the Summer and Winter Olympics in 33 different sports and nearly 400 events. Source: Wikipedia

There are approximately 28 sports in the Olympics Aquatics, Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Canoe / Kayak, Cycling, Equestrian, Fencing, Football, Gymnastics, Handball, Hockey, Judo, Modern Pentathlon, Rowing, Sailing, Shooting, Softball, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Triathlon, Volleyball, Weightlifting, Wrestling

There are the individual events. Like 100 metre swim or if your talking about swimming and jumping and volleyball there's 41

The purpose of the Olympics was to create a competition which athletes around the world can join in together. There is also award which can prove their efforts. The ancient Olympics honored the gods. The modern Olympics are to encourage international community and cooperation. The reason there is Olympics is because it is a way which all the countries can compete together besides having wars all the time.

Records indicate that they began in 776 BC in Olympia in Greece so you could say that is their birthday. take the year we are in and add 776.

2010+776=2786 years.

Be aware the Olympics has an extensive history and the age does not represent a continuum of the games over time.

• Archery with 4 events
• Athletics with 47 events
• Badmiton with 5 events
• Baseball with 1 event
• Basketball with 2 events
• Boxing with 11 events
• Canoeing with 16 events
• Cycling with 18 events
• Diving with 8 events
• Equestrian with 6 events
• Fencing with 10 events
• Feild Hockey with 2 events
• Soccer (Football) with 2 events
• Gymnastics with 18 events
• Handball with 2 events
• Judo with 14 events
• Modern Pentathalon with 2 events
• Rowing with 14 events
• Sailing with 11 events
• Shooting with 15 events
• Softball with 1 event
• Swimming with 34 events
• Syncronised Swimming with 2 events
• Table Tennis with 4 events
• Taekwondo with 8 events
• Tennis with 4 events
• Triatholon with 2 events
• Volleyball with 4 events
• Water Polo with 2 events
• Weightlifting with 15 events
• Wrestling with 18 events

"There is always a flame burning in a little cauldron, that has the flame from when they took it in greece, so if it goes out, theyll light it with that already burning flame."

I'm not really sure what you mean by cauldron from where it was taken, but modern torches have a pilot light in the bottom with sensory tech so when it detects the flame going out it reignites it. If you want to believe this somehow "breaks" the flame eh so be it, just remember that it reignites it so quick and automatically you can't even tell the flame went out. Especially with the 2010 Winter games torches which feature a houseing unit atop the burner. So the flame actually shoots out multiple directions and sits under this housing to protect it form the wind. Of course because of this you cant see if the burner actually goes out or not. In older models the flame sat atop the torch and could see it. One would think they would just reignite it and keep going. However this is not only a very bad omen but also doesn't sit well with the public. If you want a rule as to what SHOULD happen, then if the flame goes out they are suppose to start the relay over again and start in Olympia, Greece where a backup flame is always there. Put it this way they light the original flame and don't put it out until the stadium cauldron/torch is lit. I would think that the original flame stays lit along with the stadium flame until the games are over but I doubt that. In the end if the flame ever goes out they are suppose to return to Greece to relight it although bureaucrats never follow that path and would just rather relight it before too many find out.

Men's soccer has been held in every Summer Olympics, except for the inaugural competition in 1896 and the Los Angeles 1932 Olympics.

Women's soccer has been held in every Summer Olympics since Atlanta 1996.

A. Athletics, Australian Football, Archery, Aquatics,

B. Bat Tennis, Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Bowling, Boxing, Biathlon, Bobsleigh,

C. Cricket, Cycling, Canoe, Curling, Climbing, Cheerleading, Cross Country,

D. Diving, Dancing,

E. Equestrian,

F. Footy, Football, Fencing, Floor Hockey,

G. Gymnastics, Golf, Grass Hockey,

H. Horse Racing, Hockey, High Jump, Handball,

I. International Rules, Irish Football, Ice Hockey,Ice Skating,

J. Judo,

K. Karate, Kayak,

L. Lawn Bowls, Long Jump, Luge, Lacrosse,

M. Motor Bike Racing, Mountain Bike Racing, Modern Pentathlon,

N. Netball, Newcombe, National Basketball, National Rugby,

O. Orientating,

P. Parrot Shooting, Pole Vault, Para-Olympics, Ping Pong, Powerboating, Parachutting, Polo

Q. Quiots,

R. Rugby, Running, Rowing, Roller-skating,

S. Skating, Soccer, Squash, Swimming, Sailing, Shooting, Skiing, Surfing, Softball, Sumo,

T. Tennis, Triple Jump, Table Tennis, Taekwondow, Triathlon, Tug of War, Tenpin,

U. Underwater Polo,

V. Volleyball,

W. Winter Sports, Wrestling, Water-polo, Weightlifting, Water Ski, Wushu,

X. Xtreme Sports,

Y. Yoga, Yuio-Fighting,

Z. Zebra Racing,

(Please add to the list if you can think of others. If you disagree on the events as non-sports then you may delete it if wanted. Thank you.

She is a great ice-skater

and won lots of rewards

Chicago. They were chosen to host the 1904 Olympics, however they were moved to Saint Louis to coincide with the 1904 World's Fair. The following three attempts (1954, 1956 and 2016) yielded no success.

Biathlon is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines.

However, biathlon usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting.

Other popular variants include summer biathlon, which combines cross-country running with riflery, modern biathlon and biathle, which combine running with swimming.

the Olympics this year are 2010 that is when they are.

The Olympics are going to be in London in 2012

The Olympic Creed:

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.

the olympic games were created so that people would know what country would be the best. ( im not sure but i think its good!) :)

There are five Olympic Pantone colors that can be seen on the Olympic ring design. These colors are blue, black, red, yellow, and green.

The ancient Olympics were stopped because Christians considered them to be pagan festivals. They were ordered to be stopped and as Christianity spread, even the temples were destroyed.

Jessica will be competing in heptathlon at the 2012 Games in London. This will be the first Olympics she has competed in.

Heptathlon is a seven event sport held over two days and is similar to decathlon. Days one consists of 100 meter hurdles, high jump, shot put, and 200 meter dash. Day two consists of long jump, javelin, and 800 meter run.

Here are 2 reasons :

1. The Olympics sports were selected by and for European countries ,that's also why there's a winter Olympics as well

2.England and the Cricket world has not made any effort to be a part of the Olympics before.

This could change as some cricketers are seeing the wisdom of being in the Olympics and there is even an online petition at Cricket2012Games to get Cricket into the 2012 Olympics.

Cricket was featured in the 1900 Olympics and even though it is the second most popular sport in the world, only two teams competed, England (Gold) and France (Silver).

5 There are five rings in the Olympic emblem. The top three in order from left to right are blue, black (or white if it is placed on a dark background) and red. The bottom two are yellow and green. Each color represents one of the five area of the world that accepted health competition at the time of it's creation, in the 1910's.

The symbol of the Olympic Games is composed of five interlocking rings, coloured blue, yellow, black, green, and red on a white field, known as the "Olympic rings". The symbol was originally designed in 1912 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games. According to de Coubertin, the ring colours with the white background stand for those colors that appeared on all the national flags that competed in the Olympic games at that time. Upon its initial introduction, de Coubertin stated the following in the August, 1912 edition of Olympique